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Community Water System · PWS GA2070074

South Monroe County Water System

Operator location Forsyth, Georgia - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 52 violations and 16,292 people served.

16,292
People served (this PWS)
52
EPA violations (this PWS)
6
Health-based (this PWS)
5 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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South Monroe County Water System standing, mid SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #3,215 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

South Monroe County Water System lands in the middle third by violation volume (52), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (16,292; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#3,215 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#86 of 629
Population · GA
52
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
6,058
County
Monroe
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
6
Monitoring Violations
38
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 18 2010
Lead and Copper Rule MR 8 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 7 2021
Coliform (TCR) MCL 6 2000
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 6 2017
TTHM MR 3 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 3 2021
Public Notice Other 1 2023

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

South Monroe County Water System has 52 recorded EPA violations, 57% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 42% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 52), and it ranks #3,215 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

52 Around the middle fewer violations than 42% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 29 of 232 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHpS 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/27/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/27/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/27/2023 4.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
8:2 FTS 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/27/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/27/2023 5.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHpA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/27/2023 5.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 9/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/27/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/27/2023 4.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFUnA 9/27/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/27/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/27/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/27/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/27/2023 4.40 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFBA 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/27/2023 5.10 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
NFDHA 9/27/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/27/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/27/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/27/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 9/27/2023 4.10 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for South Monroe County Water System

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS GA2070074 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · Georgia EPD, Drinking Water Program

Nationwide peers

52 violations · 16,292 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with South Monroe County Water System

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in Georgia compares on the same EPA violation measures. Georgia systems
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater